Indoor Swim Training
Swimming with a group can kick your swim training into high gear. The groups listed here cater to beginners, as well as advanced swimmers. Swimmers are separated into different lanes based upon ability, so don’t be shy or intimidated about coming out to a session.
Fins Aquatics Club
The Fins Aquatics Club is Philadelphia's gay and lesbian masters swim team. Fins swims at swim at Friends Select School, 17th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA. Learn more here.
Fins members range from swimmers who have never competed to first time competitors to national record holders. They welcome swimmers of all ages, skill levels, genders and orientations. The team provides challenging, well-organized, coached work-outs. Some members focus on local, regional, national or international swimming competitions and/or triathlons. Others swim to keep fit.
The Fins practice schedule is Mondays,Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays are from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm at Friends Select School (16th & Race).
On Saturdays and Sundays, practices are from 10:00 am to 11:30 am at Friends Select School.
Members are not required to attend all practices. The first week is free for local swimmers to try out.
The drop-in fee for one swim session is $10 for USMS registered swimmers. If you are visiting Fins from another USMS or IGLA team, please show a copy of your current USMS card. Returning Fins members must have their USMS card with them.
French Creek Racing
In addition to open water swims, FCR also holds frequent indoor pool sessions.This is a very friendly group, and open to all ability levels, beginner through advanced. Swimmers are separated by lane according to ability level, so there is no pressure. The current 2020 schedule is as follows. Register here.
Thursday nights - Pool swim at Immaculata (Malvern, PA) 6:30-8PM
Sunday mornings - Pool swim at Westtown School (West Chester, PA) 8:30-10AM
Monday nights - Pool swim at Fitness Alive (Center City, PA) 7-8:30PM
Also, during the summer months, FCR hosts swims at the outdoor 50m Upper Merion pool. Sign up for Upper Merion pool swims here.
Join French Creek Racing's Facebook group to keep up to date with the latest schedules and updates. Contact jkenny5150@gmail.com with any questions.
Coach Laurie Hug (former professional triathlete) has been running the GAAC Masters swim program at Germantown Academy since 1997. GAAC Masters has always had triathletes who swim with them, including Team USA members and Ironman finishers.
On Wednesdays in the summer, GAAC Masters holds a track workout at 6:00 PM prior to the swim workout OR a swimmer vs runner Smackdown training race consisting of a total of approximately 5k of running and 1500y of swimming.The first Smackdown race is planned for Wednesday, 6/28/17 at 7:00 PM.
Coach Hug also holds occasional triathlon and freestyle focused swim courses that usually run for 1 hour on Tuesday or Thursday nights for 4-6 weeks.
The GAAC Masters Fall, Winter, Spring Schedule - at Germantown Academy - starting 9/11/19:
Mondays - dryland at 7:30, swim 8:05pm-9:15pm
Wednesdays 7:45pm-9:15pm
Fridays - 7:30pm-9pm
Cost is $55 for 10 swims or $7 to drop in plus annual USMS membership (or one-time 30 day USMS trial). Their website is www.GAACMasters.org and they have a Facebook page - GAAC Masters.
Mid-Atlantic Multisport
Mid-Atlantic Multisport offers a Performance Swim Academy, a four-week clinic designed specifically for triathletes and masters swimmers to help them improve their speed and efficiency in the water. Learn more here.
Mid-Atlantic Multisport coaches will provide instruction on: (1) proper freestyle technique, (2) structuring pool workouts for maximum effectiveness, (3) open water skills and drills which simulate open water conditions in a pool, and (4) how to determine appropriate pacing for workouts and races.
Week #1: Review of Freestyle Technique & Drills
Week #2: Strategies for Getting the Most Out of Your Time in the Pool
Week #3: Open Water Considerations
Week #4: Preparing To Race
WINTER SESSION (Monday evenings): January 13, January 27, February 3, February 10
All class sessions meet from 7:00 - 8:00 pm
*Please Note: Class will not meet on January 20 due to MLK holiday
Immaculata University
1145 King Road
Immaculata, PA 19345
ProSwim Fitness
ProSwim Fitness provides swim training and coaching using two large Endless Pools at its Mount Laurel, New Jersey location. Coach Bernie Finch is an excellent swim instructor, and coaches your stroke using real time video analysis and underwater headphones. They also offer personal training at their location. Learn more here.
An Endless Pool is an ideal place to work with Swimmers on their stroke. The immediate performance feedback offered by the front and bottom mirrors as well as a video recording system allows the swimmer to make alterations and actually see results.
ProSwim’s new 7.5 hp Performance Endless Pool is designed specifically for top swimmers: with a 1:08 second 100-yard pace, it even challenges sprinters. With the Performance, a coach can increase the current speed to a swimmer’s race pace — see precisely when and how their stroke breaks down — and fix it. Immediately. The Performance is also ideal for teaching all levels of swimming, from young beginners to Masters.